Beef tapeworm

• Phylum: Patyhelminthes

  Class: Cestoda

  Order: Cyclophyliidae

  Family: Taeniidae

  Scientific name: Taenia saginata

  Common name: Beef tapeworm
• Proglottid

  A) Branches of uterus

  B) main stem

  C) cirrus

  D) gonopore

  E) sperm duct

  F) vagina

  
• Stages in life cycle

  1. Eggs in human feces
  2. Oncosphere and cysterci in cattle
  3. Adult tapeworm in humans